Admission to study in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology

Conditional admission

Students who have matriculation exemption but who do not satisfy the minimum requirements with regard to mathematics, may apply for conditional admission to the College.

In this case your registration will be for non-degree purposes and will be restricted to one or more of the following:

• Mathematics access module (MAT011-K)
  (NB: Re-enrolment for MAT011-K cannot exceed two years)
  
  and a maximum of four of the following modules:
  
• General introduction to Astronomy (AST131-F)
• Basic Biology (BLG111-H)
• Biology of plants (BLG112-J)
• Biology of animals (BLG113-K)
• Practical (BLG114-L)
• Introductory Chemistry A (CHE111-Q)
• Introductory Chemistry B (CHE112-R)
• Introduction to programming 1 (COS111-U)
• Comprehension skills for science (CSS101-H)
• Know your world: introduction to geography (GGH101-Q)
• World issues: geographical perspective (GGH102-R)
• End user computing (CEM101-A)
• Introduction to business information systems (INF105-9)
• Elementary mechanics (PHY101-5)
• Elementary electromagnetism and heat (PHY102-6)
• Basic psychology (PYC101-Y)
• Psychology in society (PYC102-3)
• Descriptive statistics and probability (STS111-3)
• Data analysis and inference (STS112-4)
• Basic statistics (STS105-5)

After having passed MAT011-K, you may apply to register for the BSc degree or National Certificate in Datametrics.

Students who do not have matriculation exemption or qualifiy for a certificate of conditional exemption, but who hold a senior or school leaving certificate:

There are two possibilities:

1. Students who obtained less than 40% (E-symbol) in Mathematics Higher Grade or less than 50% (D-symbol) in Mathematics Standard Grade at matriculation level.
   
   
   • Such students must register for CSS011 and MAT011. When both CSS011 and MAT011 have been passed the student may apply for a Senate discretionary conditional exemption certificate, and any of the modules from the abovementioned list that have been passed can be recognised as credits towards a BSc degree.

2. Students who obtained at least 40% (E-symbol) in Mathematics Higher Grade or at least 50% (D-symbol) in Mathematics Standard Grade at matriculation level.
   
   
   • Such students must register for CSS011 and two first level modules in the following subjects, except for those modules where the student does not satisfy the stated registration requirements:
     

     Applied Mathematics, Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Information Systems, Operations Research, Physics, Psychology, Statistics, Zoology.

     When CSS011 and the two first-level modules have been passed the student may apply for a Senate discretionary conditional exemption certificate. Any of these modules (with the exception of CSS011) can be recognised as credits towards the BSc degree.